QinetiQ North America acquires Cyveillance

McLean-based QinetiQ North America has acquired Cyveillance, a provider of cyber intelligence products.

Cyveillance will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America, which is part of QinetiQ Group PLC, a defense and security technology firm based in the United Kingdom.

“We selected Cyveillance because their open -source cyber solutions perfectly complements our existing portfolio of security services and solutions,” Duane Andrews, CEO of QinetiQ North America, said in a statement. “QinetiQ North America is now uniquely positioned to provide government customers with cyber capabilities previously only available within the commercial markets.”

QinetiQ North America will focus on providing cyber solutions for the government, while Cyveillance will offer Internet risk information to commercial organizations.